August 14, 2024

Meet John Delzell Jr., MD, MSPH, MBA, FAAFP Vice President of Medical Education

John Delzell

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is thrilled to have John E. Delzell Jr., MD, MSPH, MBA, FAAFP leading the Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, as vice president of Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official (DIO). In his role, Dr. Delzell is responsible for oversight and administration of all aspects of our GME program including compliance […]

May 8, 2019

NGHS celebrates groundbreaking of new medical office building

Tuesday marked the start of construction for a new healthcare destination that will expand local access to primary care and other services, while also helping develop the physician leaders of tomorrow. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) held a groundbreaking ceremony for Medical Park 2, a 72,000 square foot, three-story medical office building that will open […]

April 3, 2019

Northeast Georgia Medical Center introduces first class of resident physicians

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is thrilled to introduce its first class of resident physicians. A total of 20 Internal Medicine and six General Surgery residents will begin their training at NGMC on July 1. Internal Medicine Residents Alex Adams, DO, Harrogate, Tennessee, Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine Moaz Ahmad, MBBS, Faisalabad, Pakistan, King […]

March 15, 2019

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Graduate Medical Education Participates in First Match Day

The first class of residents at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) participated in National Match Day on Friday.  In the months leading up to Match Day, physicians applied to participate in the National Resident Matching Program and interviewed at schools across the nation.  After those interviews, residency programs rank preferred applicants – and vice versa.  […]

December 19, 2018

Janeane Walker, PhD, Named Director of Educational Outcomes

Janeane Walker, PhD | NGMC GME

We are excited to welcome Janeane Walker, PhD, to the Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Graduate Medical Education (GME) team. Dr. Walker was recently hired as the director of Educational Outcomes. In her role, she will be responsible for overseeing curriculum development and outcomes for all NGMC residents as well as facilitating educational research to […]

November 29, 2018

Meet Rebecca Hayes, NGMC’s new Internal Medicine Residency Program coordinator

Rebecca Hayes | NGMC GME

We are excited to introduce Rebecca Hayes as the new Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Internal Medicine Residency Program coordinator. “Rebecca is a great fit for our program and brings vast experience in Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Lean Six Sigma,” said Dr. James Kruer, Internal Medicine Program director. “She will be able to hit […]

November 13, 2018

Meet Antonio Rios, MD, core faculty member for the Internal Medicine residency program

We are excited to spotlight Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Internal Medicine Residency program faculty member Antonio Rios, MD. Dr. Rios is a practicing physician in Internal Medicine at NGMC and has been an integral part of Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) and Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG) since 1999. Dr. Rios currently serves as […]

November 6, 2018

Publishing Research in NGMC’s Residency Programs

NGMC resident research | NGMC GME

The Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) GME program has big plans for training all of our residents and faculty on how to write and publish their own research, case studies and more in peer-review scientific journals. Our ultimate goal in promoting publishing research in our programs is to help others across the country and world […]

October 4, 2018

Simulation Training for Internal Medicine residents at Northeast Georgia Medical Center

NGMC Simulation | NGMC GME

Simulation training at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is integral in training Internal Medicine residents to become hardwired for excellence.  Simulation training will provide opportunities to improve interdisciplinary teamwork and communication skills during response emergencies. The training lab allows residents to perfect technical skills through errors that will not harm patients and allows practicing physicians to […]